When a young boy has easy access and constant exposure to such materials, the causal effects of such exposure of his mind helps him to formulate theories that support the above situation. The consequences can be seen in newspaper headlines like "Boy in rape case: Imitating video/10-year-old is held in detention home," or "Boy, 11, Who Raped 5-Year-Old Says He Copied Cable TV." Already today youth have been misguided by the depiction of eye-catching pictures that contain a "harmful message," but as vulnerable and inexperienced as they are, the risk is extremely high.

In a study reported to the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography by Dr. Bryant, 600 American males and females of high school age and above were interviewed about their "out of real life involvement with pornography." He found that 91% of the males and 82% of the females admitted having been exposed to X-rated, hard-core pornography. Two-thirds of the males and 40% of the females reported wanting to try out some of the behaviors they had witnessed. And, among high school students, 31% of males and 18% of the females admitted doing some of the things sexually they had seen in the pornography within a few days after exposure. This clearly suggests the "modeling-effect or imitative-learning effect, as well as ‘triggering effect,’ that pornography has on human sexual behavior in some individuals," concluded Dr. Bryant.